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Fire marshals in Queens are investigating what sparked a three-alarm fire in a tire shop that extended to a nearby apartment building early on Saturday morning. Two firefighters wound up being hospitalized after being caught in a burst of smoke and flame during the fire that engulfed 1905 Flushing Ave. in Ridgewood just after 4 a.m. on Jan. 17. The first responding units from FDNY Battalion 28 reported heavy smoke pouring out of the tire shop and apartment building.

Tenants of New York City Housing Authority developments in Chelsea went to court Wednesday to at least temporarily block the demolition of nearly 20 buildings and new construction by a private developer. NYCHA argues it's seeking to demolish many-decades-old buildings and let private companies rebuild, while some residents argue relocations would be traumatic and they would be packed into fewer, bigger buildings.

The celebration starts at 10:30 a.m. at the Howard Gilman Opera House and includes remarks by Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II and Citizens Youth Speaker Aponi Kafele. Dr. Cornel West once described Barber as "the closest person we have to Martin Luther King, Jr. in our midst." Kafele is in BAM's Brooklyn Interns for Arts and Culture (BIAC) program and a senior at Essex Street Academy.

At the very moment the city is committing to safer, more ambitious street transformations on major corridors, allowing motor vehicles back onto streets within public parks moves in the opposite direction,

The initiative is part of the NYC Bright Starts program, and it was pitched to reinforce New York City Public Schools' existing infant and toddler programs through the federal Head Start program, which offers a variety of services to support school-readiness for children from birth to age 5 for low-income families. Last year, the Trump administration attempted to bar undocumented immigrant children from enrolling in Head Start programs, but a federal judge's injunction put the effort on hold nationwide in September.

Sumathy Kumar and I have fought side by side in Albany to win real, transformative change for working-class families and, as we look to freeze rents and hold bad landlords accountable, the tenant movement couldn't have a more powerful champion. I'm proud to partner with Sumathy in the fight for every New Yorker to have a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.

A new exhibition at the New York Historical museum looks at the immigrant experience in New York City through a range of revealing and diverse viewpoints, with more than 100 photographs and objects showing how the city has been shaped by people from across the globe.

The New York Real Estate Board recently confirmed what every New Yorker feels: we are in a housing free-fall. With a staggering shortfall of up to 540,000 units and a vacancy rate of just 1.4 percent, the pace of new construction is glacially slow. But the solution might be hiding in plain sight, tucked away behind the chain-link fences of our city's woefully underutilized golf courses.

The setup started yesterday, when a storm system slid our way with big snow energy, only to get softened by a surge of warmer air. Instead of a full-on snow event, most of what falls in the city will arrive as a wintry mix, with rain doing most of the heavy lifting. Temperatures today will fall into the upper 30s and that's when the forecast officially enters "will it or won't it" territory.

Ridership data for a year-old protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn - which was scaled back by the former mayor - appears to confirm the longstanding hypothesis that safer bike lanes mean more bikers. The statistics should persuade Mayor Mamdani to ignore local resistance and repair his predecessor's damage by fully protecting the path and expanding the city's bike lane network at a much faster pace.

The new owners of Crest Hardware's former buildings on Metropolitan Avenue are advancing plans to replace the familiar red structures with a residential tower. City records show developer Green Street has filed a new building permit application for an 11-story, 70-unit apartment building at 554 and 558 Metropolitan Avenue. According to the permit, IMC Architecture designed the 115-foot-tall building, which will include a total of 5,422 square feet of space. The plans call for a 31.9-foot-deep rear yard and no on-site parking.

What's the workout scene in the West Village right now?Pilates is definitely very hot.

When families seek out apartments, they are searching for more than a place to lay their heads. They are searching for safety and community in neighborhoods with decent schools. When we fail to deliver affordable options that meet these needs, parents are forced to raise their children in overcrowded apartments, to shuttle between unstable living arrangements, or even to turn to temporary shelters.

After Donlon filed the suit, Sheppard said during a live television appearance that Donlon was showing many signs of cognitive issues and that the FBI had seized Donlon's phones. And at a closed-door meeting with civic leaders, Adams said Donlon had recently refused to take part in a mental health check-up, according to court filings. The falsity of Defendants' statements is not a close question.

From July 3 through 9, the Port of New York and New Jersey will host a weeklong spectacle featuring more than 60 international tall ships from more than 20 countries, more than 40 allied and U.S. naval vessels, a British aircraft carrier, Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and an aerial armada of over 100 aircrafts led by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. By the numbers alone, it's set to eclipse every Operation Sail celebration that came before it, from 1964 through 2012.

The bench trial for NYPD Sergeant Erik Duran, accused of murdering a man by throwing a cooler at his head, began in the Bronx on Wednesday the first active member of the department to be prosecuted in more than a decade. Demonstrators outside the Bronx Hall of Justice, located at 265 East 161st St., rallied to demand Duran's conviction as the case got underway inside.

A 66-year-old man died on Sunday after getting hit by an SUV driver on Staten Island a week earlier, the NYPD announced on Wednesday. Cops say they responded to a 911 call of the man whom they identified as Staten Island resident Jean Victorin getting struck on South Avenue near Forest Avenue within the NYPD's 121st Precinct at 1:54 p.m. on Jan. 4.

Epicenter, a multiplatform community and news organization founded during the pandemic to help New Yorkers navigate COVID-19 while spotlighting arts, small businesses and ensuring resources reached those who needed them most, has faced this challenge repeatedly. Community, ethnic and small media outlets have long struggled to get responses from government and corporate press teams that prioritize outlets with perceived scale and reach.

From Jan. 20 through Feb. 12, nearly 600 restaurants across all Five Boroughs will offer prix fixe menus of two-course lunches and three-course dinners priced at $30, $45 and $60. The program aims to give New Yorkers the opportunity to try more eateries they may not have tried before. Reservations are now open at nyctourism.com/restaurantweek, where you can also find a full list of participating restaurants.